Finance

Kenya’s Financial Services Sector in 2026: Policy, Power, and the Battle for Trust

In 2026, Kenya’s financial services sector is no longer merely evolving but is poised for deliberate and far-reaching re-engineering. The system that earned global acclaim for leapfrogging traditional banking through mobile money now confronts a more intricate landscape defined by tightening regulation, rising systemic risk, intensifying digital competition, and a fiscally constrained state that increasingly […]...

Financing Kenya’s Infrastructure: Lessons from Public Input on the Safaricom Partial Divestiture

The call for change, boldness, and innovation featured prominently in President William Ruto’s State of the Nation Address on November 20, 2025, centred around four national priorities: transport an...

19 Dec 2025

The 2025 Policy Year in Review

Introduction The year 2025 was characterised by heightened policy activity in Kenya amid persistent economic strain, accelerating digitalisation, and growing public scrutiny of how regulatory power ...

19 Dec 2025

Policy Outlook 2026: Key Issues to Monitor

Introduction As the world heads into an AI-driven 2026, there are several critical things to watch for, both risks and missed opportunities. China is pushing ahead with chip-making after elim...

12 Dec 2025

Supreme Court Reprieve in Digital Payments: Analysing Implications of Decision in Absa Bank Kenya vs. Commissioner for Domestic Taxes

Kenya has established itself as one of Africa’s most sophisticated digital financial ecosystems, earning Nairobi the moniker “Silicon Savannah”. Over the past decade, high mobile penetration, a ...

5 Dec 2025

Fortune Favours the Bold: Kenya’s Strategic Turn in Fiscal Governance

There are moments in a nation’s economic journey when circumstance ceases to be negotiable, when the only way forward is through reinvention. Kenya stands precisely at such a juncture. The country�...

28 Nov 2025

The Quiet Emergence of a Domestic Yield Curve: Why Safaricom and EABL Matter More Than Their Numbers

Kenya’s capital markets rarely enjoy the spotlight for structural progress. Too often, they are defined by volatility, political noise, or long periods of stagnation. Yet beneath that surface, real ...

28 Nov 2025

Understanding Safaricom’s Domestic Medium-Term Note Programme

On November 26, 2025, Safaricom sat down with members of the Fourth Estate to unpack its Domestic Medium-Term Note Programme. Throughout the session, executives emphasised transparency, disciplined de...

7 Nov 2025

The Politics Behind Africa’s Sovereign Wealth Funds: Lessons for Kenya

The National Treasury recently published the 2025 Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) Bill, sparking considerable discussion among financial and governance analysts. The fund is expected to comprise three mai...

16 Oct 2025

Monetary Easing Measures Need to be Backed by Structural Reforms for Significant Impact

The dust has barely settled on the Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) latest monetary policy move, yet the debate it stirs is far from over. On October 7, 2025, the Monetary Policy Committee cut the Cent...

9 Oct 2025

Kenya’s Stablecoin Movement and the Dawn of a New Monetary Era

Kenya’s financial landscape is experiencing a significant transformation driven by the rapid growth of stablecoins. Once a niche tool for diaspora remittances, stablecoins have developed into a key ...

3 Oct 2025

Unpacking the Draft Kenya National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) 2025–2028

The Draft Kenya National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) 2025–2028 is a flagship policy initiative aimed at fostering a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable financial ecosystem by moving b...

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